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June/July 2007

Letters

Launch
Introductions, updates, news

No Exploding Parts
by Craig Sharmat
Creating realistic lines when you’re programming MIDI parts. Wave.

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VERY DEEP CLINIC: Virtual Instruments in Image-Line FL Studio 7
by Jim Aiken
Lots of tips for this do-everything self-contained synth/sequencer/recorder program, from the included synths to precomputed effects to automation tricks and more.

MIDI Mockup Microscope
by Frederick Russ
In this installment of our series on composers and how they did their MIDI programming, composer Amit Poznansky discusses his approach to composing and sequencing.

TRENDS: Michael Brecker's Logic Pro EWI Environment
The late great woodwind player’s keyboard player worked with him to put together an amazingly sophisticated realtime environment for his Akai Electric Wind instrument.

The Audio Interface Roundup to End All Audio Interface Roundups (part 1)
by Nick Batzdorf
A look at seven audio interfaces spanning a street price range of $ a couple hundred to $ a couple thousand: Native Instruments Kontrol 1, M-Audio ProFire Lightbridge, PreSonus Firebox, RME Fireface 400, TC Konnekt 24D, Metric Halo Mobile I|O 2882, and Apogee Ensemble. More next issue.

Random Tips
Block-level disk images and clones.

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Redmatica Keymap
by Ashif "King Idiot" Hakik
For openers, this new sample editor will automatically cut up a sample recording into individual notes, loop them if necessary, sense their pitches, and map them to the keyboard. With one command.

Little Reviews, Big Products
by Nick Batzdorf
FlyingHand Percussion hand percussion sample library; Fixed Noise OTTO idm, industrial, and electronica workstation; SONiVOX MUSE allin- one "toolkit" variety library.

IK Multimedia Stealthplug
by Orren Merton
An inexpensive and complete guitarrecording rig that plugs into a USB port. It even comes with a DAW, a sound library, and a mastering EQ.

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